Grease (movie)

'Flashdance — The Musical' heading to the Hippodrome

2013-02-08 11:07:00

If such golden oldies as "Maniac," "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and, of course, "Flashdance… What a Feeling" still run through your head, there's a show heading to Baltimore ready to scoop you up in a wave of feel-good nostalgia. Those songs played...

Baltimore-born producer to develop Josephine Baker musical

2013-02-07 16:15:42

The chanteuse Josephine Baker was the toast of Paris during the Roaring '20s and 1930s. She was exotic. She was sultry. She was chic. She was the highest-paid pre-World War II entertainer in Europe. She was, above all else, sui generis. Her life is...

Children's Theatre cast shows off its 'Blonde' ambition

2013-01-17 16:06:36

"Legally Blonde: The Musical" proves to be an ideal production for Children's Theatre of Annapolis, following the troupe's promise to provide professional on-stage opportunities for young performers. In its second main stage play of the 2012-2013 season,...

Wilde Lake graduate getting noticed in Hollywood

2013-01-07 09:43:00

Late last month, Tom Cruise heroically came to Sara Lindsey's rescue. More recently, Matt Damon offered the Howard County native a boatload of money to allow his corporation to lease her land. Granted, these events happen in the movies and not in real...

Travolta on Travolta

2012-11-03 21:35:39

'Saturday Night Fever' (1977) Travolta earned his first Oscar nomination — and proved he was more than Vinnie Barbarino on TV's "Welcome Back, Kotter" — as the Brooklyn teenager who becomes a big man on the disco dance floor. "It was a...

John Travolta shares memories of 'Hairspray,' 'Pulp Fiction' and other films

2012-11-10 18:57:00

A slimmed-down Edna Turnblad shared the stage with her creator, John Waters, last night, much to the delight of scores of star-crazed fans. Well, it wasn't exactly Edna, the zaftig stage mom from Waters' "Hairspray," who took to the stage at the Maryland...

When it comes to Baltimore, Travolta does it his way

2012-11-05 07:32:00

John Travolta knew what he wanted to do with the role of Edna Turnblad, the zaftig housewife at the center of "Hairspray." The movie's producers, however, weren't so sure. Especially when he insisted on using a Bawlamer accent. "I got fought on it, by...

Travolta, Waters to appear on stage together in Baltimore

2012-10-09 08:20:00

Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta will sit down for a public conversation with John Waters at Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art. The man who created Edna Turnblad and the actor who brought the zaftig housewife of "Hairspray" to full-...

'Grease' opens at Phoenix Festival Theater Sept. 7

2012-09-03 08:26:00

Visit the rock-and-rollin' 1950s at Rydell High in the musical, "Grease," opening at Phoenix Festival Theater Sept. 7. You'll hear songs like "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'," "We Go Together" and "You're the One That I Want," performed by girls in...

Harford Community College presents 'Grease'

2012-08-01 09:22:00

Phoenix Festival Theater, a community theater at Harford Community College, will perform the musical'Grease' Sept. 7 to 9 and 14 to 16 in the Chesapeake Theater on campus. This 1950's rock 'n' roll musical features Rydell High's spirited Class of '59....

'Grease' slides down easily at Toby's Baltimore Dinner Theatre

2012-08-01 13:36:00

A summer night at the theater seems like just the right occasion to hear the song "Summer Nights" in "Grease." It's the kind of show that can be enjoyed in any season, of course, but it's so light and silly that it's especially welcome at this time of...

The verdict: Toby's 'Legally Blonde' shines lovably bright

2012-07-24 14:23:37

In its summer offering of the award-winning hit "Legally Blonde — The Musical," Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia has a light-hearted, fast-paced romantic comedy. Toby's production, the area premiere of Laurence O'Keefe's and Nell Benjamin's...

Phoenix Festival Theater's production of ?Grease? runs weekends at the Chesapeake Theater at Harford Community College, 401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air, from Sept. 7 to 16. Shows are at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $10 to $20 at 443-412-2211 or www.

2012-08-30 00:00:00

. The man in the driver's seat this particular evening was event founder Emerson Newton-John, the singer's nephew and former racecar driver who had brought all his passions together for the night.

2011-09-03 00:00:00

. The man in the driver's seat this particular evening was event founder Emerson Newton-John, the singer's nephew and former racecar driver who had brought all his passions together for the night.

2011-09-03 00:00:00